# Visualizations using the \_cat/indices API

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualizations-using-the-cat-indices-api/351276>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 17, 2024, 1:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualizations-using-the-cat-indices-api/351276 "2024-01-17T13:22:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![jcruz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jcruz/32/91772_2.png) [@jcruz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jcruz)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2024, 1:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualizations-using-the-cat-indices-api/351276/1 "2024-01-17T13:22:20Z")

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Hello guys,

I would like to create some visualizations using the \_cat/indices API, so I can monitoring and understand the index usage during time.

Is there any way to get the \_cat API output into some lens panels to create dashboards?

Thanks in advance!

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2024, 1:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualizations-using-the-cat-indices-api/351276/2 "2024-02-14T13:22:35Z")

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